Causing trouble

[sabotabby]

Not content with stirring up shit in my own country, I went to a demo here. It was an anti-Brexit thing and Billy Bragg was playing (everything was running late so I had to leave before the end, but apparently it was too crowded to see him anyway). My impression of London demos is that they’re better than ours in terms of scale, but not necessarily in terms of organization or being able to prune the speakers’ list. A lot of the speakers were really good though; much more inspiring and on topic than what usually happens back home.




Also, I learned some Cornish!







Followed by a party. Which will be followed by sleep.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

[sabotabby]

Now they can’t do Brexit because we shouted a lot.

[dewline]

I'm sure that there'll be footage of Bragg's music and speechifying on YouTube or Vimeo.

Thanks for representing!

[sabotabby]

Oh, for sure. The people I met who’d gone to the end saw it on a screen.

[sara]

Aww, I always enjoy being carpetbagging leftist scum when I travel, too....;)

ETA: wait wait I remembered the right words! "Outside agitators." It's such a nice thing to do on vacation, really....

[sabotabby]

“Professional protestor.”

[ironed_orchid]

You're awesome and I'm glad you got to have such a contemporary British experience.

[sabotabby]

Me too. Closest I got to visiting Buckingham Palace lol.

[hano]

Have you had your cheque from George Soros yet? I’m still waiting for mine after the last demo...

[sabotabby]

The last one bounced. He’s such a deadbeat.

[rydra_wong]

My dad has always complained that the International Jewish Conspiracy never sent him his membership card.

[sabotabby]

I have also complained about this. I am also irritated that I don’t have privileges to delete people’s bank accounts.

[kore]

I love it!

[sabotabby]

:D

[cloudsinvenice]

That's great! It's always so encouraging to see how many people get involved in these.

[sabotabby]

Hah, this is a huge protest for Toronto but apparently a small one by London standards.

[notasupervillain]

Yay!

[sabotabby]

\o/

[rdi]

In fairness to TO London has way more people crammed into way less space. But they still do rabble rousing better in the UK.

[sabotabby]

There is that! But I think they’re still better at protests than us.